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Term: despising

All the wordplay possibilities with the word "despising": spelling, phonetic, and semantic.

  1. Term
  2. despising

despising

Definitions

Noun

  1. A feeling of scornful hatred

Verb

  1. Look down on with disdain
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "despising".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 despising 3 1

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "despising".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 advertising 4 50
2 depending 3 32
3 demanding 3 19
4 destroying 3 17
5 discussing 3 16
6 disturbing 3 16
7 defending 3 13
8 declaring 3 10
9 departing 3 10
10 descending 3 10
11 declining 3 9
12 delivering 4 9
13 advocating 4 6
14 decreasing 3 6
15 depicting 3 6
16 detecting 3 6
17 displaying 3 6
18 depressing 3 5
19 dangling 3 4
20 darkening 3 4
21 decorating 4 4
22 denouncing 3 4
23 despairing 3 4
24 decanting 3 3
25 depriving 3 3
26 diffusing 3 3
27 disarming 3 3
28 dismissing 3 3
29 dispatching 3 3
30 dissolving 3 3
31 debunking 3 2
32 debuting 3 2
33 dictating 3 2
34 digesting 3 2
35 disdaining 3 2
36 dissenting 3 2
37 drizzling 3 2
38 admonishing 4 1
39 dampening 3 1
40 daydreaming 3 1
41 deducting 3 1
42 degrading 3 1
43 deviating 4 1
44 disliking 3 1
45 disobeying 4 1
46 dispersing 3 1
47 distilling 3 1
48 divulging 3 1
49 darjeeling 3 0
50 dealmaking 3 0
51 debriefing 3 0
52 deciphering 4 0
53 decoupling 3 0
54 defaulting 3 0
55 defecting 3 0
56 deflating 3 0
57 defrauding 3 0
58 defunding 3 0
59 defusing 3 0
60 delisting 3 0
61 depleting 3 0
62 deploring 3 0
63 deporting 3 0
64 digressing 3 0
65 disallowing 4 0
66 disavowing 4 0
67 disbursing 3 0
68 disguising 3 0
69 dishwashing 3 0
70 dislodging 3 0
71 dispelling 3 0
72 disposing 3 0
73 dissecting 3 0
74 divesting 3 0
75 divorcing 3 0
76 downloading 3 0
77 downplaying 3 0
78 downsizing 3 0
79 dribbling 3 0
80 idealizing 5 0

Spelled Like

Words that are spelled similarly to the term "despising".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 dressing 2 22
2 designing 3 9
3 depicting 3 6
4 desiring 4 5
5 despairing 3 4
6 resisting 3 4
7 depriving 3 3
8 messing 2 2
9 lessing 2 2
10 devising 3 1
11 espousing 3 1
12 dressings 2 1
13 disposing 3 0
14 delisting 3 0
15 spiking 2 0
16 spicing 2 0
17 reising 2 0
18 pissing 2 0
19 leising 2 0
20 hessing 2 0

Words That Follow

Words that often follow the term "despising" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

Words that often precede the term "despising" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

Words that are statistically associated with "despising" in the same piece of text.

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

Words that contain the same consonants as the term "despising".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 disposing 3 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 2

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 80

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 1

Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.

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